Elevation Partners is an American private equity firm that invests in intellectual property and media and entertainment companies. The firm has $1.9 billion of assets under management.
The firm was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in New York City and San Francisco. It has approximately 20 investment professionals and other employees.
Elevation Partners was founded by former Silver Lake Partners professionals Roger McNamee and Marc Bodnick, a...
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Elevation Partners is an American private equity firm that invests in intellectual property and media and entertainment companies. The firm has $1.9 billion of assets under management.
The firm was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in New York City and San Francisco. It has approximately 20 investment professionals and other employees.
Elevation Partners was founded by former Silver Lake Partners professionals Roger McNamee and Marc Bodnick, as well as Fred Anderson (Apple Inc.) and John Riccitiello (Electronic Arts).
Elevation is perhaps best known because of its association with Bono, lead singer of the musical group U2, who joined the company shortly after its creation in 2004. The firm is named after U2's song "Elevation".
On March 22, 2005, as its first major venture Elevation attempted to purchase Eidos Interactive. However, its bid failed and the video games giant was sold to rival SCi Entertainment.
On November 3, 2005, Elevation invested $300 million to create an alliance...
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